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Desert Gold

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of Desert Gold is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Zane Grey • Curated US English Learning Edition

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English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5

Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

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LEARNER DICTIONARY

Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XX Reading 1/43

Desert Gold

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of Desert Gold is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

Line 2

She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

Line 3

Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

Line 4

Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

Line 5

If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Forgotten adjective US /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.”

All words in this reading · 54

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

and

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From this reading Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

appeared

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

bed

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

been

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

beside

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

bustle

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

came

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From this reading Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

care

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

close

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

deal

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

did

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

enter

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

fell

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

for

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

Gale

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

good

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

had

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

he

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

her

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

If

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

in

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From this reading Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

it

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

knees

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

lover

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

made

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

man

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

Mercedes

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From this reading Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

moment

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

moving

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

neither

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

Nell

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

not

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

of

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

radiant

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From this reading Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

remembered

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

see

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

She

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

small

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

soft-voiced

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From this reading Mercedes came in, radiant and soft-voiced.

starving

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

table

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

that

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From this reading Mercedes had forgotten for the moment that her lover had been a starving man.

the

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

them

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

Then

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

Thorne

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From this reading If Thorne remembered it he did not care.

Thorne's

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

to

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

tray

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

unnecessary

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From this reading Then Gale and Nell made a good deal of unnecessary bustle in moving a small table close to the bed.

upon

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

with

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From this reading She fell upon her knees beside Thorne's bed, and neither of them appeared to see Nell enter with a tray.

Chapter 20 of Desert Gold by Zane Grey holds 215 sentences, grouped into 43 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 20 of Desert Gold contain?

Chapter 20 holds 215 sentences of Desert Gold, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 20 of Desert Gold by Zane Grey exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 215 sentences, grouped into 43 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 20 of Desert Gold?

Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 43 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 20 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1695 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Desert Gold

Words and structures a reader meets early in Desert Gold, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Friends: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Desert Gold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Mercedes: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Desert Gold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Castaneda: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Desert Gold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Flight: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Desert Gold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.